Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

Denver Health is changing how its doctors administer nitrous oxide, a common anesthetic used to sedate people for surgeries, after realizing how much was being wasted. In the process, they're ...

Nitrous oxide is readily accessible to those who ... Now, it is the most frequently used anesthetic for partial sedation in dentistry. It is also commonly used in surgical procedures in ...

Removal of nitrous oxide in locations outside of the OR could contribute to two different standards of anesthesia care." Separating nitrous oxide and oxygen wall outlets is one option, but it may ...

Their case: A healthy young man, after a hernia operation, “under nitrous oxide and other anesthesia suffered apraxia [inability to handle objects], aphasia [loss of speech], reduction of vision ...

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is the third most potent greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and methane. It can also be oxidized by ...

Some deaths from nitrous oxide have occurred after inhaling from chargers for whipped cream can dispensers. Courtesy Getty Images. It’s often called “laughing gas,” a colorless anesthetic ...

Possession of nitrous oxide, also known as NOS, has become a criminal offence in the UK. Now categorised as a class C drug, possession of laughing gas for its "psychoactive effects" will carry a ...